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Integrated Research Infrastructure Services for Climate Change risks

Project description

Scientific and knowledge services for climate change risks

Adapting to climate change requires a deep understanding of the risks it poses, including the factors that determine them, such as hazards, exposure, and vulnerabilities, and their effects on human, production, and natural systems. The EU-funded IRISCC project aims to enhance Europe’s resilience to climate change by providing integrated scientific and knowledge services. It will create a catalogue of services for both onsite and virtual access, developed in three phases. The project will support policymakers and researchers, contributing to climate reports and adaptation strategies. Additionally, IRISCC will train new scientists in data stewardship, ensuring that open data complies with FAIR principles and links to European initiatives such as EOSC.

Objective

Adaptation to climate change requires in-depth understanding of climate change driven risks, including their determinants (hazards, exposure and vulnerabilities) and impacts to human, production and natural systems. Integrated Research Infrastructure Services for Climate Change Risks (IRISCC) is a consortium of diverse and complementary leading research infrastructures (RIs) covering disciplines from natural sciences to social sciences, across different domains and sectors. IRISCC provides scientific and knowledge services to foster cutting-edge research and evidence-based policymaking to improve Europe's resilience to climate change. IRISCC ensures a “one-stop-shop” for various user communities on climate change risk related RI services by setting up a dedicated Catalogue of services and related access management system both for granting transnational (onsite and remote) and offering virtual access. The Catalogue of services will be built through three consecutive releases, each delivering increasingly integrated services to its user communities. The IRISCC service integration will include Service Design Labs employing co-design and transdisciplinary action, and Service Demonstrators benchmarking the integrated cross-RI services. In addition to services aimed towards the scientific community, IRISCC will offer knowledge services aimed towards policymakers and other stakeholders. This is done together with risk management platforms. The research enabled by IRISCC contributes to future reports on climate change effects (IPCC, IPBES) as well as policy- and decision-making to meet the targets of climate adaptation strategies. IRISCC contributes to training a new generation of scientists to efficiently use RI services and for data stewardship. Data from IRISCC will be open and made available in compliance with FAIR principles and linked to European initiatives such as EOSC. Strong links will be created between IRISCC and current and future efforts under Horizon Europe.

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Funding Scheme

HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

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Call for proposal

(opens in new window) HORIZON-INFRA-2023-SERV-01

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Coordinator

LUONNONVARAKESKUS
Net EU contribution
€ 1 506 193,20
Address
LATOKARTANONKAARI 9
00790 Helsinki
Finland
Region
Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa
Activity type
Research Organisations
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Total cost
€ 1 506 193,50

Participants (78)